§19-20B-3. Deposit.
(a) If the dog or cat being adopted has not been spayed or
neutered, the agency may require a deposit of not more than fifty
dollars from the new owner prior to the adoption to ensure that the
dog or cat is spayed or neutered. The new owner shall receive a
refund of the deposit from the agency upon providing confirmation
of the spaying or neutering.

(b) If the new owner fails to have the dog or cat spayed or
neutered within the time frame established in section two of this
article, or if the spaying or neutering is timely performed, but
the new owner fails to request the return of the deposit within an
additional thirty days after the date by which the spaying or
neutering is required to be performed, the deposit shall be
forfeited to the agency holding the deposit and shall be used by
the agency to conduct programs to spay or neuter dogs and cats or
to conduct educational programs in support of the spaying and
neutering of dogs and cats.